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The Week In Review
Fri 2nd December to Thu 8th December
The Week in Review aggregates the top news stories from the past seven days and orders them by popularity. Would you like to see the whole week's news?
PC cleared of dangerous driving after car he was pursuing killed two people
07/12/22 - Advanced driver was pursuing stolen car which activated an ANPR alert. • (This story has been updated since last evening) A PC has been cleared by a jury of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a 10-year old boy and his aunt were hit and killed by a stolen vehicle the officer was
Preventing deaths on arrest and in police custody
08/12/22 - A new report brings together, for the first time, a wide range of policing practice across England and Wales. • A new publication issued last week by the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) says that Police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and health partners must improve practice to prevent deaths at the point
HMIC warns of "overexposure" of officers investigating SOC
07/12/22 - Inspection of forces in the North East region identifies problems with consistency and capacity. • There is a danger that due to the number of officers from different forces involved in undercover investigations against organised crime in the north east that covert methods and personnel could be “overexposed” according to HMI
- 05/12/22 - PSNI say "significant failures have occurred" in six year RIPA case
- 07/12/22 - Exhibits stores staff member stole nearly £15,000 from sealed bags
- 07/12/22 - Lack of consistency found with domestic homicide victim suicides
- 05/12/22 - Met head of professionalism to move to Police Scotland
- 08/12/22 - Assaulted PC says sentencing decision is 'completely disheartening'
- 05/12/22 - Michael Lockwood resigns as Director General of IOPC
- 05/12/22 - Officers right to restrain man who later died, jury finds
- 06/12/22 - IOPC appoint interim Director General after Lockwood departure
- 08/12/22 - Officers "losing faith" over lenient sentencing for u17s
- 08/12/22 - Bedfordshire charity wins community safety award for burglary initiative
- 07/12/22 - Focus on rehabilitation not longer sentences, says Ken Clarke
- 08/12/22 - New research project on children self-generated sexual imagery
- 06/12/22 - Police Scotland HQ temporarily closed due to traces of Legionella
- 05/12/22 - West Midlands DCC in line for Northumbria Chief role
- 06/12/22 - Drug dealer jailed after ramming police vehicles
- 02/12/22 - Northamptonshire Chief to be offered contract extension
Features
Project Odyssey: a breakthrough in sexual abuse evidence gathering
Supt Paul Keasey, Head of Specialist Operations with Gloucestershire Constabulary explains how a breakthrough in digital forensics is being put to the test. • The ability to communicate through What’s App, text, Facebook and all other available platforms has almost made speaking redundant
- Guiding light: the future for Body Worn Video in policing
- How Durham's Checkpoint scheme is reducing reoffending
Comment
Facial Recognition Technology: a force for good
Real life cases of LFR finding missing children and identifying sex offenders are being lost in a narrative centred on privacy and data protection says former surveillance camera commissioner Tony Porter. • In recent months, there have been a number of reports of UK police forces leveraging Fac
- Comment: The Lord, the Policing College and the front line
- Comment: where next for policing and technology?
Police Humour
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